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MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Updated October 21, 2026. 46 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace MiniMax M2.5 Replace Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax
Coding
59.4
Overall
22.8
Output $/M
$0.95
33
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
50.0
Overall
11.9
Output $/M
$1.00
13
vs boards won of 46 shared

Decision reading

Pick MiniMax M2.5 for coding: it scores 59.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 50.0 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B.

Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B when the context window is larger, 262K against 205K tokens, or when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AMiniMax M2.5MiniMax59.4/1002 independent benchmarks$0.62 per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen50.0/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
46
MiniMax M2.5 only
21
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
6
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
MiniMax M2.5 59.4 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 50.0 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 51.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: MiniMax M2.5 95.3% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 43.6%, 51.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M2.5 $0.95 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.00 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M2.5 takes 205K tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMiniMax M2.5BarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding72
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design50
General811
All shared boards3313
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index72
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench Verified75.8%69.6%MiniMax M2.5
SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev13861275MiniMax M2.5
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)74.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)14.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)34.8%18.9%MiniMax M2.5
Terminal-Bench42.7%27.2%MiniMax M2.5
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdMLNot measured41.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-Bench618.2461.4MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: coding13801412Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: software and IT13831393Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena WebDev: React13741257MiniMax M2.5
LMArena WebDev: HTML14141287MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.811.9MiniMax M2.5
Epoch Capabilities Index146.6Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom95.3%43.6%MiniMax M2.5
Vending-Bench 2-$23Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond82.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.8%61.8%MiniMax M2.5
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)20.5%4.5%MiniMax M2.5
ARC-AGI63.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
ARC-AGI-24.9%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13721372MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: expert13781338MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13841380MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AIME88.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured39.3Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ProofBench4.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: math13781365MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: mathematical work13781367MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro80.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)53.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)59.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)68.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)92.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: science13691347MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13571347MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: legal and government13661358MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: business and finance13561343MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websites12221159MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: UI components11721112MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: game dev11761099MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: data viz11711084MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: 3D1170Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: all code categories12071143MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: SVG1147Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index811
General benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
IFBench71.6%40.5%MiniMax M2.5
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)73.3%45.7%MiniMax M2.5
CL-bench11.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CL-bench Life6.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text13591357MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: instruction following13531355Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: creative writing13311333Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: English13801359MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: non-English13381346Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Chinese13931357MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: German13611325MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: Japanese11711311Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Korean12331305Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: French13631398Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Spanish13531360Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Russian13591366Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Polish13341344Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: multi-turn13641366Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: longer queries13661378Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: writing and language13451340MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13291317MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.0007Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0008Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.016Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.018Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.064Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.070Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationMiniMax M2.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerMiniMaxQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2026July 23, 2025
Context window205K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.27$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.95$1.00
Coding index59.450.0
Independent measurements behind it22
Cost per solved task$0.62Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M2.5 better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Pick MiniMax M2.5 for coding: it scores 59.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 50.0 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B. Pick Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B when the context window is larger, 262K against 205K tokens, or when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $0.95 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2.5 only.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

46 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. MiniMax M2.5's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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